JAMA report examines ethical issues involved in publication of drug reviews - April 17, 2008
US-based pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck & Co. regularly prepared scientific studies by itself or farmed them out to medical publishing companies, it has been reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). According to the report, the company hired research scientists to claim authorship, even if their involvement was… Read More
Accucoms releases case study with AAP - April 17, 2008
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently participated in a case study with Accucoms, a Netherlands-based provider of sales and marketing services to scholarly and society publishers. The case study, available at http://www.accucoms.com/about/AAP_AccucomsCaseStudy.pdf, illustrates how outsourcing sales, marketing… Read More
Elsevier expands Procedures Consult, adds new modules - April 17, 2008
STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has announced that it has added three new modules to Procedures Consult in orthopedics, anesthesia and emergency medicine. Procedures Consult is an online multimedia training and reference tool that helps physicians, medical residents and students prepare for, perform and test their knowledge… Read More
Universite du Quebec Chooses Ex Libris Primo Solution - April 17, 2008
Library solutions provider Ex Libris Group, Israel, has announced that the Universite du Quebec (UQ) has selected the Primo discovery and delivery solution to serve as the main portal for the libraries of eight of the university's constituents. Major factors in the university's choice of Primo… Read More
OCLC and Orbis Cascade Alliance to develop new consortial borrowing solution - April 17, 2008
Global library cooperative Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC), US, and the Orbis Cascade Alliance are working together to migrate the Alliance's Summit union catalogue to a consortial borrowing solution based on the integration of WorldCat.org, VDX, WorldCat Resource Sharing and a… Read More
Nature website nominated for ‘Oscars of the Internet’ - April 17, 2008
Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group has announced that its website, www.nature.com, is one of five websites shortlisted for Best Science Website of 2008 in the 12th Annual Webby Awards. Hailed as the 'Oscars of the Internet' by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is a… Read More
